By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Duluth
I'm home from Duluth after a nice four days at the foot of Lake Superior and as usual have a set of photos to share. Stephen Downes, Flickr July 13, 2007 [Link] [Tags: Flickr]. More...
13 novembre 2019
13 novembre 2019
A Very Silly Challenge
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. A Very Silly Challenge
I've commented on some blogs about the U.S. News and World Report college rankings. This article takes on another silly ranking system, the newsweek ranking of U.S. high schools. More...
13 novembre 2019
My Sicko Turn
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. My Sicko Turn
Just for the record: I do not know of any Canadian who would exchange our health care system. Every citizen is insured and where we all receive free health care when we need it. Americans should know this. They are told a lot by the various media - but none of their media can ever explain why we stand by our system despite intense pressure from U.S. companies to change it, to privatize it. I think the same motivations inform our education system. More...
13 novembre 2019
How to Win When You Lose
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. How to Win When You Lose
I'm writing from the airport in Toronto, so we'll keep today's newsletter short. This is a nice item listing how to benefit from loss and defeat - or at least, how to make it bearable. I like the Japanese saying: "Fall seven times. Stand up eight." Now I should say, I don't think of life in terms of winning and losing, victory and defeat. More...
13 novembre 2019
A Web of Connections: Why the Read/Write Web Changes Everything
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. A Web of Connections: Why the Read/Write Web Changes Everything
Wiki pages used by Will Richardson to support his talk from yesterday here in Duluth. Link that got the biggest chuckle from me: this page detailing errors in a physics textbook. More...
13 novembre 2019
It'S Not Plagiarism, It'S an Easy Essay
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. It'S Not Plagiarism, It'S an Easy Essay
Leigh Blackall was offered money to link to this essay service, Custom Writing, from his blog. The service offers essays for sale to students - "the papers we provide are plagiarism free – neither TurnItIn, nor any other plagiarism detecting software cannot find any plagiarism. Papers are 100% custom written." He linked all right - for free - and as a bonus tossed in an interview with the service's representative, Andrew Schwatz. The result is a fascinating discourse on the mechanics of testing. The position taken by the company is that essay writing is not an accurate assessement of student performance, that they are essentially a waste of students' time, and so the service helps them get past an unreasonable and unfair hurdle. "When it comes to applying for a job – experience and testing conducted by a hiring company – is what does count, not educational credentials". More...
13 novembre 2019
One Identity, OpenID, and Social Network Fatigue
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. One Identity, OpenID, and Social Network Fatigue
Sat in on a nice e-portfolio presentation this morning (Kenneth Chapman and Matt Fisher). The product will do everything you want, as well as unplug the kitchen sink. But I feel like the author of this post: "Creating a new 'self' every time we join a social network is a pain! Todd calls for a 'portable profile' that includes a suggestion by Tony MacDonnell for a 'portable friends system'." Yes, you can import your LMS ID into an LMS e-portfolio. And maybe I can carry the portfolio out into the world with me. But can I use the same profile on MySpace, Facebook, and in my school LMS. More...
13 novembre 2019
Universities, Not Facebook, May Be Facing Collapse
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Universities, Not Facebook, May Be Facing Collapse
Now this is how to start a blog post: "When I wrote my post on Facebook WILL Die I never expected to read a headline article on the front page of the Guardian which gave a Secret List of Universities Facing Collapse". More...
13 novembre 2019
Google Vs Everyone: 10 Markets Where Google Wants to Win
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Google Vs Everyone: 10 Markets Where Google Wants to Win
Interesting list of ten major technology applications - from search to video to social networking - describing Google's application in the area and then a list of the competition. This is true: "Google is the 600-pound gorilla: the company that no one wants to see build a competing product. More...
13 novembre 2019
The Party Train
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. The Party Train
Monday night the entire conference population took a right up the lakeshore on this train, an event that reminded me of the FLNW train ride in New Zealand. I tell anyone who will listen that Moncton should have a train connecting the world's highest tides at the Rocks in the Bay of Fundy through Hillsborough to Moncton and thence to the beaches at Shediac. This train is an example of what I mean. Stephen Downes, Flickr July 11, 2007 [Link] [Tags: Flickr]. More...
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